Beating the Bounds – for 190 miles!

This month, one of England’s longest hiking trails will be launched in Derbyshire. Godfrey Holmes reports.

THE PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK was Britain’s first dedicated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty considered worthy of preservation, protection – and promotion. In 1951, a Peak Park Planning Board extended its remit to enhance the Park’s natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage to swathes of beautiful countryside not only across Derbyshire but also the continuation of those idyllic hills and dales within South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire…